Monthly Archives: September 2018

Weather mostly dry and windy; distance approx. 8 Km, Climb 280m   Meeting at Ballinteer were, John Cruise, Ken Keaveney and Rob Dixon (Sporting his new VW just off the forecourt, still with its NI number plates). We were informed that Noel Doyle and Pat Cashin would be joining us at the Glencree reconciliation centre car park. On arrival, the car park was quite busy as the Glencree Peace Walk was also on the 23rd. Once everyone suited up there was a majority decision to start the walk with the 1.5 km of the Featherbed road, it was noted [...]

Weather dry and windy; distance 8.25Km Climb 500m When I drove into the car park at Ballinteer I was surprised to see a familiar sight, one I had not expected to see, Pat Loughrey with the Sunday papers spread out on the steering wheel of his car, keeping up with the times as he waited for the usual stragglers to arrive. John Cruise was away TEFLing the Spaniards and I had gotten an email from Hugh Sweeney saying that he was unwell so I knew that both of them would be absent. Another email from Ken Keavney informed me [...]